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indie started in a lot of college radio stations. they were ahead of the mainstream in that they were playing nirvana before they got big. so "indie" music is always shifting; trying to be one step ahead of mainstream and away from it.
it seems like you're placing the broad "indie" category to more "emo" bands, which although is probably the most popular "indie" today, is not the only thing out there! bands like pretty girls make graves, rapture, murder city devils, blood brothers, sparta... are all good indie bands that aren't necessarily emo. you just have to look.
the bands you've mentioned are so popular among the indie culture that everyone just copies everyone else in music tastes to be hip enough. that's not indie to me, just a bunch of poseurs.
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